Add-On Packages

Here's how to add a package: Hit Command + Shift + P to open the command palette. Type (partially) Package Control: Install Package and hit Enter. Type (partially) the name of the package, or scroll through the list. Hit Enter when you've found the package you want. Some packages may take a while to download and install. Many packages will open a new buffer with a README when they're done installing. They'll generally also add a menu item to Preferences / Package Settings. Restart Sublime Text to be able to use the plugin.

We generally like to have the following packages installed:

Package Control

SideBarEnhancements

SFTP

Theme - Soda

GitGutter (adds colored indicators in the gutter for lines that have been added or changed)

Configuration

Theme

Preferences / Settings - User, add:

"theme": "Soda Light.sublime-theme"

Whitespace

By definition, all lines in a text file must end with a newline character. (See the POSIX definitions of Text File and Line.) We can ensure that by adding this to Preferences.sublime-settings. We also trim whitespace from the ends of lines on save.

Key Bindings

We want to remap a few key bindings. These are under Preferences / Key Bindings - User.

We want to change Control+Tab to cycle through tabs in the order they appear, instead of the order in which they were last accessed. We also want to Control+PageUp and Control+PageDown to cycle through tabs in the same way.